Right Eye Dominant Nick Tauro Jr.

For over three decades, the name Lomography has been synonymous with experimental, DIY analogue photography. Started by a group of curious students after the fall of the Berlin Wall, it has grown into a worldwide community and a major source of cameras and film. My chat with Birgit Buchart of Lomography USA covers a lot of Lomo history, innovation and creativity.

This episode I have a rollicking discussion all about punk / post-punk music as experienced through the camera lens of Michael Grecco. I get to geek out to stories of late nights on stage and backstage in the heady days of the late 1970s and early 80s Boston, MA. Play this one LOUD!LinksMichael Grecco websiteDays of Punk official websiteMichael's Instagram

Saul Leiter was a photographer who captured subtle, quiet moments among the cacophony of New York City from the 1940s through the early 2000s. His color work in particular, is a treasure trove which is currently coming to light. For this episode, I had the wonderful opportunity to chat with Michael Parillo and Margit Erb, who run the Saul Leiter Foundation.Links:Saul Leiter FoundationHoward Greenberg Gallery"Saul Leiter: In No Great Hurry" movie

My guest on this episode is writer and professor Kate Palmer Albers, whose recent book "The Night Albums" explores the impermanence in photographic images; both intentional and unintended. A major shift in how we can think about the life of a photograph, and our own existence as well.Links:The Night Albums bookThe First Photograph: Joseph Nicéphore NiépceThe Night Albums: A Review

An engaging conversation with Miami-based photographer Tony Chirinos. We discuss his photo book "The Precipice" which deals with hospital operating rooms, surgical tools, and hospital morgues. Not as macabre as it sounds, this discussion goes deep into the "theater" of life and death.Links:Tony's websiteThe Precipice at Gnomic BooksTony's Instagram

The life and work of photographic enigma Miroslav Tichý is the focal point of today's episode. I am joined by Roman Buxbaum, who runs the Tichý Ocean Foundation, the outlet for an extensive body of work by the eccentric, subversive Czech artist. Roman and I have an informative conversation that sheds light on this mysterious man of photography. Links:Tichý Ocean FoundationA New York Times review of a Tichy exhibition at ICPNew book of Tichý work: "Screenshots"